Mother Tongue Languages

Mother Tongue Languages

Our Aim

At AMKP, the Mother Tongue Language teachers seek to nurture joyful learners, confident users of the Mother Tongue Language and cultural inheritors who appreciate their unique identity and culture.

Our Approach
Joyful Learners

Learning of Mother Tongue Languages is made enjoyable through role-play, collaborative tasks, interactive games and the use of Edtech tools. Students experience the joy in learning Mother Tongue Languages as we make the experiences authentic and relevant to them.

Confident users of Mother Tongue Languages
In AMKP, we build up students’ confidence in using their Mother Tongue Language through the use of differentiated teaching approaches. Various opportunities are created for our students to express themselves in their Mother Tongue Language, as we believe that frequent use of the language will result in increased confidence.

Cultural inheritors
Our students are exposed to a variety of cultural activities as they engage in hands-on sessions to create traditional crafts, view cultural performances and immerse themselves in the festivities during the celebration of Chinese New Year, Hari Raya and Deepavali. Through these experiences, students can better understand and appreciate their unique identity and culture.

Our Key Programmes

1. Reading Programme

   Reading is instrumental to development of language competency. At AMKP, the MTL reading programme includes the setting up of reading corners in the classroom with interesting and age-appropriate story books, organisation of activities that promote the love for reading which includes student book reviews and reading portfolios.

   In 2025, AMKP rolled out the MTL SOAR programme, designed to Spark interest, Open minds, enabling students to Appreciate cultural heritage, and Rise as confident readers. 30 minutes of the weekly curriculum time is ring-fenced for teachers to engage students with age-appropriate texts, creating meaningful opportunities to explore various stories with the aim of developing students’ interest in reading, and at the same time nurture the emerging 21st-century competencies such as civic literacy, communication and critical thinking.

   AMKP also establishes partnership with parents by inviting them to conduct storytelling sessions for the Lower Primary students.

2. Higher Mother Tongue Language (P3-P6)

   To further strengthen the learning of MTL from an early age, AMKP offers HMTL across the 3 official MTLs at Primary 3 and 4 for students who showed strong proficiency and interest in Mother Tongue Language (MTL). The curriculum is designed to enthuse P3 and P4  students who demonstrate the ability and interest to develop higher levels of MTL language proficiency and cultural knowledge.

3. Mother Tongue Support Programme (MTSP) (P3-P4)

   Conducted by trained school teachers, MTSP focuses on building a stronger foundation in students’ oracy and literacy skills for our students who need additional support in their literacy development.

4. Mother Tongue Fortnight and Cultural Camp (P1-P6)

   Mother Tongue Language (MTL) Fortnight and Cultural Camp aims to create an immersive environment for learning and appreciating Mother Tongue Languages and Cultures. Students are exposed to a wide variety of activities, with the objective that these cultural activities would deepen our students’ understanding of their cultural roots and promote the learning of MTL in a fun and engaging way

5. Cultural Performance Exposure Scheme (CPES)

   The Cultural Performance Exposure Scheme aims to enrich students’ learning and love for the Mother Tongue Languages by encouraging them to attend and experience local cultural performances. At the same time, CPEF provides students with an immersive experience in the arts outside of the classroom, while supporting cultural performing arts groups in Singapore.